Oy vey.
And then Pearl kept the accounting for all of it so they could get paid. I'm sure that's just what she wanted to do at the end of the day after cooking, cleaning, making cream, sewing, and washing. [According to Great Uncle Donald, they made their butter for a while, but then started buying it from the creamery they sold the cream to. Smart move, Pearl. Smart move.]
I can hear their sighs from here. [Mine is almost as deep as theirs.] So I thought I'd give you a little of what Great Uncle Donald, who passed away a little over a year ago, remembered about dragging the roads around the farm before I list out Pearl's road dragging accounting. He refers to his Dad, Harve, dying. Harve died in an accident in 1927 when Great Uncle Donald was about six and a half years old.
~Caroline
[page 20; The pages are lined and pre-numbered. And the word "Paid" in large handwriting is written across the entries.]
(Work on Road (1923)
Feb. 15 & 16 This 1 day digging snow
1/2 day getting dump boards
Apr. 9 1/2 day fixing bridge.
July 3 1/2 day
July 14 1/2 day get boards for culverts
July 16 1 day putting in culverts
July 17 1 day putting in & getting boards.
July 18 1/2 day putting in culverts
July 30 1/2 day putting in culverts
Aug. 17 1/2 day getting scrapers
Aug. 18 1 day work
Aug. 20 1 day work
Sept 3 1 day work Pay Hands Poll Tax
Sept 6 1/2 day work
Sept 11 1/2 day get dump boards
Sept 13 1 day work
Sept 14 1 day work
Sept 15 1/2 day work 27 loads gravel
Sept 24 1 day work 13 loads gravel Hands
Sept 25 1 day work 17 loads gravel
Sept 26 1/2 day work 12 loads gravel
Oct 2 1/2 day work
Oct 5 1 day work graded
Oct 11 1 day work 18 loads gravel Goodman
Oct 10 1/2 day work
$90.00